John Grinnill Hoagland ’38

JOHN HOAGLAND died in Seattle on Mar. 6, 1993, after a long battle with cancer.

His roommates at Princeton were Fred Snyder, Bill Orchard, Dick Paisley, and Bob Butterworth. He was a member of Cannon Club and the WhigClio debating team and participated in Theater Intime. (His oneliners were just "in time" ever since.) He studied engineering for two years and then switched to economics, before leaving in April of senior year, after his father's sudden death.

A fighter pilot from 1942 to 1945, John flew P40s over Egypt, Tunisia, Sicily, and NaplesFoggia. He was honored with the Distinguished Flying Cross, Air Medals, eight Oak Leaf Clusters, and four Bronze Stars. He became a member of the "Late Arrivals Club" when he walked home after being shot down behind enemy lines.

His career included management positions at NBC, Campbell Soup, B.B.D.&O., and Ogilvie & Mather in New York. He ran a headhunting business in Connecticut for several years, before moving to Las Cruces, N.M., in 1972, as V.P. for advertising for the First National Bank of Las Cruces.

Following the death of his wife, Isabel, in Apr. 1990, John moved to Seattle. He is survived by his loving family: John Jr., daughters Lynn Griffes and Suzanne Howard, and four grandchildren.

The Class of 1938